28 Mar 2024
Saturday 28 February 2015 - 09:59
Story Code : 153307

Iran's cooperation with IAEA at risk if nuclear talks fail

IAEA iranAsIran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) remain engaged in intense discussionson a political framework for afinal nuclear deal, muchhas been written and argued about crucial aspects of thenegotiations, such as the extent of uranium enrichment, the future of the Arak heavy water reactor and Fordow, the duration of a final deal and the pace of sanctions relief.

However, less attention has been paid to the one key component that underlies all of the aforementioned: verification.

Any agreement will be dependent on a mutually agreed level of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) supervision. Conversely, the first victim of a breakdown in negotiations is likely to be the latter.

To get an idea of the level of IAEA supervision in Iran, it's helpful to adopt a comparative approach. Each nuclear dossier is, of course, different, and Irans is perhaps the most contested. Nevertheless, putting the IAEAs presence in Iran within the context of the agencys work with otherNuclear Non-Proliferation Treatysignatories puts things in perspective.

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